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1. ResearchImpact-
RéseauImpactRecherche
Canada’s knowledge mobilization network
David Phipps, PhD, MBA
Director, Research Services & Knowledge Exchange

2. one of our stories
http://www.youtube.com/researchimpact#p/a/u/0/J15_lBz5mYU

3. KMb – what is it?
• Knowledge Mobilization
(KMb) is a suite of services
that supports collaborations
between non-commercial
research and expertise and
the public, private and non-
profit sectors.
• KMb (the process) can
enable enhanced social
innovation (the outcome).
• KMb is the university’s contribution to social innovation and allows
partners from the public, private and non-profit sectors to leverage
investments in university research.

4. KMb for researchers – why?
• Connect to make
research matter
• Connect to create
opportunities for
graduate students
• Connect for access to
more research funding
• Because funders are
asking them to connect.

5. KMb for universities – why?
• Your researchers are doing it and need help
• SSHRC, CIHR, health charities, IDRC etc. require it
• We already do it for NSERC I2I, CIHR PoP
• External reputation
• University engagement

6. one of our stories
Appui à la mise sur pied et au développement du
Régime de retraite par financement salarial des
groupes communautaires et de femmes
The Pension Planning project has resulted in a
pension plan for people who work in community-
based organizations. Since 2008, the plan has grown
from zero to ten million dollars. It now has 2300
members, and has received two prestigious awards
– one from Benefits Canada and another from the
Committee of Labour and Social Economy
Community Action.

7. one of our stories
Saskatoon Motherhood & AIDS Saskatoon, (1) A Program Inventory New program initiatives at
Maternal Health Indian & Metis of all AIDS Service AIDS Saskatoon (in
in the Context of Friendship Centre Organizations in Canada; development Aug 2011).
HIV/AIDS and Saskatoon, Our (2) A Program
Hepatitis-C: Circle Saskatoon, Assessment of services
Programmatic Our Circle Prince offered by AIDS
Implications Albert, Saskatoon Saskatoon; (3) 40
Health Region, West narrative interviews; (4) A
Side Clinic, Youth Photovoice component:
Co-Op, Nine Circles 13 interviews, 235 images,
(Winnipeg), YWCA 1 public exhibit; (5) 26
(Saskatoon), All program access
Nations Hope interviews; (6) Media
(Regina), The 601 analysis
North(Prince
Albert); Univ.
Saskatchewan
Archaeology &
Anthropology

8. York’s KMb Unit February 2006- December 2011
# Faculty Involved 240
# Graduate Students Involved 142
# Information sessions for faculty and students 166
# Information sessions for community 185
# collaborations brokered 246
# agencies involved in KMb partnerships 205
Community Partner funding raised $1.1M
Research Contract funding raised $1.2M
Total KMb associated grant funding raised $17.6M
# web hits +4M
# Research Summaries 173
# tweets 5447
#twitter followers 1845
# delicious bookmarks 244
# blog postings (+70,000 views) 294

9. ResearchImpact-RéseauImpactRecherche (RIR)
Mandate
maximize the impact of
university research on
society by supporting
knowledge (?) brokers

10. RIR Goals
We will accomplish this mandate by delivering
on the following goals:
• Building on excellence and experience to become
a distributed network of expertise in knowledge
mobilization practice
• Developing and sharing knowledge mobilization
tools
• Providing a platform for knowledge brokering
across RIR institutions
• Being recognized as knowledge mobilization
leaders nationally and in our regions
• Serving as a national advocacy voice for
knowledge mobilization
• Engaging with other universities seeking to build
capacity in knowledge mobilization

11. RIR Growth – why now?
Funding agencies are focusing
on these activities:
Demand from other universities
Global awareness
Create a national forum for
sharing and connecting across
institutions
Become excellent by partnering
with excellence

12. You have…
• Established an institutional commitment to KMb and
related activities
• Dedicated at least one FTE-equivalent knowledge
broker for institutional KMb
• Dedicated a Director with KMb in his/her portfolio
• Developed KMb tools and/or services to complement
those developed by existing ResearchImpact
universities
• An interest in developing your own expertise

13. You will…
• Identify one Director and at least one knowledge broker as main
points of ResearchImpact contact as well as identify an executive
academic authority for oversight of knowledge mobilization
• Participate in monthly knowledge brokers’ teleconference
• Director and Broker(s) will attend annual ResearchImpact meeting
• Contribute to ResearchImpact communications including blog and
twitter
• Participate in and/or support joint presentations (for example at
CAURA, Congress, CUExpo)
• Provide $5,000 annually to ResearchImpact operations (web site,
social media, communications, translation and evaluation) and
approx. $5,000 travel

14. Really…
It’s about 1-2 days per month
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15. What can you do if you don’t have a KMb Unit?

16. Process
• Summer 2012: Information sessions (=consultations)
• RIR meeting June 21, 2012: clarify call for new members
• Fall 2012: Issue call for new members
• January 2013: Results
• 2013: Capacity Building Sessions

18. David Phipps
dphipps@yorku.ca
http://www.researchimpact.ca